Admin

Hi all,

I hope that you are all well and managing to find something to do to pass the time! As things stand, the lock down currently remains in place until the 5th of May and schools are closed until further notice. One of the unfortunate consequences of this is that Fr Dunne has noted that the Sacrament of First Holy Communion will not proceed as planned in May; I appreciate this is hugely disappointing but we will have something to look forward to at a later date.

We appreciate that posting school work is working very well for some students while others find it a bit more challenging. We do encourage you all to do your best and to keep working to the best of your ability. If you have any questions or queries, parents can e-mail the school at kilmacrennanschool@eircom.net and we’ll do our best to help. Some of the teachers have set up individual emails and these can be found with their class work for the coming week.

We have set some work for the coming weeks. Work packs are being posted to Junior and Senior Infant pupils and should arrive on Monday or Tuesday. Work for the other classes can be found under ‘Our Classes’ drop-bar on the website. The SEN/ Learning Support team will make contact with their pupils over the next few days.

Please note that the deadline for applying for school transport is Friday, April 24th. This is done online at www.buseireann.ie/schooltransport. Kilmacrennan NS has no role in this process,

Please contact me via email if you require any further information,

Take care,

Yours sincerely,

John Devenney

Hi, the Easter Holidays are here and I hope you are are all enjoying your unexpected time off school. We did give you some school work to do over the past few weeks and we hope you managed to get it done. If not, don’t worry about it. You can do it over Easter or, if it’s a little difficult to get done, your teacher will help you catch up with the work when we get back to school.

I hope you’ve heard our most recent School News. We have nine healthy new chicks, hatched from the eggs in  Ms Ferry’s Fourth class Chick Hatching Project. Our Debating Team won the Donegal Concern Debating League. Grace, in Sixth Class, was runner up in the Highland Radio Art competition. Well done to all.

Recreational Easter Ideas: If you are looking for ideas for Easter, how about trying a few of these.

1. Organising an Easter hunt,

2. Drawing an Easter Card

3. Writing a nice letter/postcard to a granny, grandad or to a friend in your class,

4. Write a daily diary of what you are doing, who you meet and what’s in the news,

5. Going for a daily walk,

6. Identify three new flowers or trees near you house,

7. Look for frogspawn with a parent,

8. Visit your church or chapel,Learn a little about what Easter Week means/Spy Wednesday/ Holy Thursday/ Good Friday/ Easter Sunday.

9. Play with a toy from Christmas last year.

10. Offer to do a job in the house each day.

11.Watch Virtual Classroom on Rte2 at 11am or Explore how to take a virtual Tour of Dublin Zoo.

12. Read a book (or ask somebody to read you a story this week).

If you’re allowed, visit our School Website with a parent {Pupil Zone} and look for an educational game you like. (www. Mathionaire.com is good fun for multiplication practice for 3rd to Sixth. Use the code Prim20 to access).

For anybody who is looking for Project Ideas, how about Famous People in History/Famous Irish People,  or Famous Women. You could write a story about your Grandparents and prepare some questions for a telephone interview. Keep your work to show your teacher when we get back to school. We certainly look forward to seeing it.

You don’t have to do any of the above ideas, but you might like some of them. You might even have some better ideas yourself.

We hope to see you soon. Take care,

From all your teachers at Kilmacrennan School.

*Remember to keep Social Distancing and to wash your hands regularly! *

Congrats to our school debating team on winning the County Donegal Concern Deabating Championship lately. They are scheduled to represent Donegal in the All Ireland Regional Championship in late April, Covid-19 permitting!

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The Sacrament of Confirmation is scheduled for Saturday, 29^th February at 12 noon. We wish all the confirmandi a lovely day and here’s hoping for good weather on the day!

We are participating in Feis Leitir Ceanainn on Tuesday, 3^rd March. We are entering pupils in poetry, individual singing and traditional music events. There is a €3 charge per student, as a contribution towards the bus and entry fee.

We have a half-day next Wednesday, 4^th March to facilitate Staff-training in the Language Curriculum. Pupils will go home at 12 noon.

The Garda Quiz is scheduled for An Craoibhín on Wednesday, 4 March at 7pm.

World Book Day is scheduled for Thursday, 5^th March. Pupils are free to dress in literary costumes/ favourite film theme etc. on the day if they so wish.

The school is closed on Tuesday, 17^th March (Public Holiday).

Our pupils are also involved in the final stages of the County Donegal Concern Debating League and we wish the team well in the event over the coming weeks.

We have also entered the FAI Soccer Cup (Boys & Girls) and this is provisionally booked for the 12^th and 20^th March.

Yours sincerely,

John Devenney.

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Pupils are preparing to enter Feis Leitir Ceanainn in traditional music groups and poetry in Loreto Convent, Letterkenny on 3^rd March. Táimid ag súil go mór leis an lá.